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NIFS on Gemini North Instrument Support Structure

The Altair Laser Guide Star (LGS) system is now commissioned for use in science applications using Gemini-North's Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS.)

Technical Details:

NIFS is Gemini-North's Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer built by the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. NIFS provides 3D imaging spectroscopy with spectral resolving power (lambda/delta lambda) of R~5